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A Frustrating Part of the Vulnerability Conversation

A Frustrating Part of the Vulnerability Conversation

in (In)Courage· Back Roads to Belonging· Belonging· Friendship· Seasons· waiting

Before the USAF moved our family to the Rocky Mountain town of Colorado Springs, we were stationed in the tropical…
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Waiting for Comets

Waiting for Comets

in (In)Courage· Parenting· Teens· waiting

I’m tap tap taping on my keyboard inside the Starbucks at Target when a dad carrying two infant carriers, one…
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Life When You’ve Been Benched

Life When You’ve Been Benched

in Advent· Authors Extraordinaire· Christmas· Creativity· Encouragement· Faith· Faith in Action· Family· Friendship· Holidays· Home· Hope· Rest· waiting· Writing

As an upper elementary and middle school kid, I played softball. Or rather, I tried to play softball. I quickly discovered my…
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When It Feels Like Someone Hit the Pause Button on Your Life

in (In)Courage· Christmas· Faith in Action· Family· waiting

Four years ago this week, my daughter underwent surgery on her spine to repair a broken neck. When I re-visit memories from that…
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When You’re Tired of Bending Over Backwards

When You’re Tired of Bending Over Backwards

in Faith in Action· out of the blue· waiting

Sometimes I imagine God looks down from His heavenly thrown and says to me, “Girl, you are wearing me out.”…
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The Truth About Home and Moving Often

The Truth About Home and Moving Often

in Change· Military· out of the blue· waiting

I haven’t lived in Oklahoma for eighteen years, but in many ways Oklahoma still lives in me. It feels like…
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The sun sets on a downright delightful month of ha The sun sets on a downright delightful month of having all the chicks back in the nest. We puzzled, Uno’d, and played a new game called Knope for President. (So fun!) We watched Mandalorian all together, and David and I started a Netflix show called Turn. We had tea (and coffee!) at 4:30 each afternoon like some kind of Brit wanna-be’s. I cooked like a crazy person because cooking is the most predictable Enneagram 2 thing I do. Pot roast, spaghetti, and baked casseroles, oh my! Plus, 21 year olds who’ve had a semester of fending for themselves on the food front are mighty appreciative when dinner magically comes out of the oven. 

Said 21 year olds are back at college now, but I’m thankful for the good memories that stay with the rest of us Strongs after they’ve left. This last month held hard stuff for many of us, I know, but I hope it left you with some good memories as well. 💛
If your life looks anything like mine, difficult c If your life looks anything like mine, difficult change that started in 2020 didn't give one whit about the new year and walked right with you into 2021. Your change could be more broadly felt like fallout from a lingering pandemic, or it could be more individual —marital, parenting, job, or relational struggles that refuse to let go. 

Or  it could be both, one worsening the other.

If you’re weary from the loneliness that change can bring OR tired of resenting change altogether (and seeing it only through a lens of anxiety and frustration), consider giving #GirlMeetsChange and #BackRoadstoBelonging a look.

Our difficult change may not be going anywhere, but our outlook on it can. 

With both books holding 200-ish reviews on Amazon and a 4.8 star rating, I still get the loveliest messages about how they’ve helped folks welcome a hopeful view of change and where they belong. 

Visit my profile for links to both! 
#fromthebookstack
#whereIbelong
#changemanagement
#anxietyreducer
#fearmanagement
#livingfaithfully
My daughter read that this past Christmas season, My daughter read that this past Christmas season, Christmas light sales were up 300% compared to years past. We may leave ours up for another week or two, and I’m 300% okay with that. 

In the wise words of @iamtabithabrown, it’s my business. 

It’s also my business how I choose to respond to something—indeed, it is a choice. Will I be thoughtful or defensive? Will I be someone who displays or douses the light of Christ? 

In our work to love our neighbor as ourselves, may we be a people who persevere and refuse to stop using our own unique God-given light to dispel the dark. People are desperate for it, and this work matters.
Looking forward with hope in what is to come while Looking forward with hope in what is to come while staying thankful for what is left behind. 

Or, as Shania Twain would say, “Let’s go girls.” 🎶 👊🏻

Happy 7th day of Christmas, and Happy New Year, dear one! 

#GirlMeetsChange
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